URIteacherknowledge - EDC 430 F14 WK 05 2014-10-06

Agenda for Class 05:Monday, October 6, 2014

Announcements/Administrativia
- ST Paperwork
- Applications to graduate?
Sharing
- What did you see in your classrooms?
- What concerns do you have?
- What teaching and science topics did you research?
- What do you have to share with us?
Student 5 Slide Presentations
- Think of questions that YOU would ask your students about each topic.
Break
Team Mindmapping: What does the NGSS say about Evolution and Genetics
- Unpack the NGSS Standard
- Express your discussion as a mindmap. (Use or Mindmup or whiteboard)
- Share your results
Work Session: Develop a discussion plan.
Share your thoughts about Esquith
- What did you take away?
- How will you apply his guidance to
  - your teaching philosophy?
  - your approach to teaching?

Observation
- Watch what is going on one of your classrooms and complete Observe and Reflect Journal Entry #2
Reading
- Esquith, pp. 75-96
- Access Burden & Byrd Ch 7 - Strategies for Teaching for Understanding in our Shared Notebook. Don't waste your time by reading this w/o taking notes.
Research
- Explore Edutopia, TEDTalks, or The Science Teacher, Educational Leadership, or Pi Delta Kappan to locate and summarize at least TEN MORE articles on one of these topics:
  - Motivating students
  - Passionate Teaching
  - Project-based Teaching
  - Growth vs Fixed Mindset
  - Intrinsic vs Extrinsic Motivation
  - Metacognition - Teaching Thinking Skills
  - 21st Century Skills
  - Classroom Questioning: Suggested Reference from Edutopia
- Explore ScienceDaily.com Use the webclipper to gather at least 10 science articles related to a science topic that we decide on in class.
- Be prepared to pose an opening graphic and question that might engage students with a topic of your choice.
Writing
- Pick one topic from our mindmaps. Develop a Lesson Plan to teach this topic. Use the Lesson Plan Template in our Shared Notebook.

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